Music 101 Exam Study Guide Questions
and Answers
Medieval Time Period - Answer-600-1450
Renaissance Time Period - Answer-1450-1600
Baroque Time Period - Answer-1600-1750
Classical Time Period - Answer-1750-1825
Program Music - Answer-Instrumental music endowed with literary or pictorial
associations, especially popular in the nineteenth century
Absolute Music - Answer-Music that has no literary, dramatic, or pictorial program
Melody - Answer-A series of single notes that add up to a recognizable whole.
Harmony - Answer-1. The quality of forming a pleasing and consistent whole. 2.
Agreement or concord.
Timbre - Answer-THE CHARACTERISTIC QUALITY OF SOUND PRODUCED BY A
PARTICULAR INSTRUMENT OR VOICE; TONE COLOR
Rhythm - Answer-Definition: A musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed
and unstressed syllables (meter) or by the repetition of words and phrases or even
whole lines or sentence
Monophony - Answer-A musical texture involving a single melodic line, as in Gregorian
chant; as opposed to polyphony
Homophony - Answer-Accompaniment with melody
Polyphony - Answer-(n): Music containing 2+ independent but harmonious melodies.
Dissonant - Answer-not in harmony; disagreeing, at odds
Consonant - Answer-harmonious; in agreement
Tempo - Answer-Speed at which the music is being played
Adagio - Answer-A slow tempo
Allegro - Answer-Fast
, Andante - Answer-At a walking pace
Grave - Answer-Serious
Largo - Answer-Long; Slow
Presto - Answer-Very Fast
Vivace - Answer-Lively
Dynamics - Answer-Degrees of loudness or softness in music
Piano - Answer-Soft
Forte - Answer-Loud
Crescendo - Answer-steadily increasing in volume or force
Diminuendo - Answer-Gradually softer
Pizzicato - Answer-Plucking of strings
Staccato - Answer-Detached or disconnected in sound or style
Legato - Answer-smooth and connected
Orchestra - Answer-A large group of instrumentalists playing together
Symphony - Answer-An elaborate musical composition for full orchestra, typically in four
movements, at least one of which is traditionally in sonata form.
Concerto - Answer-A musical composition for a solo instrument or instruments
accompanied by an orchestra, esp. one conceived on a relatively large scale
Cadenza - Answer-A solo passage played with freedom
Chamber Music - Answer-Instrumental music played by a small ensemble, with one
player to a part, the most important form being the string quartet
Trio Sonata - Answer-Common instrumental genre during the baroque period, a sonata
for two treble instruments (usually violins) above a basso continuo. A performance
featured four or more players if more than one was used for the continuo part.
Piano Trio - Answer-piano, violin, cello
and Answers
Medieval Time Period - Answer-600-1450
Renaissance Time Period - Answer-1450-1600
Baroque Time Period - Answer-1600-1750
Classical Time Period - Answer-1750-1825
Program Music - Answer-Instrumental music endowed with literary or pictorial
associations, especially popular in the nineteenth century
Absolute Music - Answer-Music that has no literary, dramatic, or pictorial program
Melody - Answer-A series of single notes that add up to a recognizable whole.
Harmony - Answer-1. The quality of forming a pleasing and consistent whole. 2.
Agreement or concord.
Timbre - Answer-THE CHARACTERISTIC QUALITY OF SOUND PRODUCED BY A
PARTICULAR INSTRUMENT OR VOICE; TONE COLOR
Rhythm - Answer-Definition: A musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed
and unstressed syllables (meter) or by the repetition of words and phrases or even
whole lines or sentence
Monophony - Answer-A musical texture involving a single melodic line, as in Gregorian
chant; as opposed to polyphony
Homophony - Answer-Accompaniment with melody
Polyphony - Answer-(n): Music containing 2+ independent but harmonious melodies.
Dissonant - Answer-not in harmony; disagreeing, at odds
Consonant - Answer-harmonious; in agreement
Tempo - Answer-Speed at which the music is being played
Adagio - Answer-A slow tempo
Allegro - Answer-Fast
, Andante - Answer-At a walking pace
Grave - Answer-Serious
Largo - Answer-Long; Slow
Presto - Answer-Very Fast
Vivace - Answer-Lively
Dynamics - Answer-Degrees of loudness or softness in music
Piano - Answer-Soft
Forte - Answer-Loud
Crescendo - Answer-steadily increasing in volume or force
Diminuendo - Answer-Gradually softer
Pizzicato - Answer-Plucking of strings
Staccato - Answer-Detached or disconnected in sound or style
Legato - Answer-smooth and connected
Orchestra - Answer-A large group of instrumentalists playing together
Symphony - Answer-An elaborate musical composition for full orchestra, typically in four
movements, at least one of which is traditionally in sonata form.
Concerto - Answer-A musical composition for a solo instrument or instruments
accompanied by an orchestra, esp. one conceived on a relatively large scale
Cadenza - Answer-A solo passage played with freedom
Chamber Music - Answer-Instrumental music played by a small ensemble, with one
player to a part, the most important form being the string quartet
Trio Sonata - Answer-Common instrumental genre during the baroque period, a sonata
for two treble instruments (usually violins) above a basso continuo. A performance
featured four or more players if more than one was used for the continuo part.
Piano Trio - Answer-piano, violin, cello
